News & and SS announcement

Sadly, I have decided not to continue pursuing digital design. As much as I enjoy it, my family need more time from me...so I have put designing on a back burner so to speak. My designs at Faith Sisters and Designs in Digital are priced at 50% off through August. I will continue to scrap (did you doubt that?) AND Karma at Faith Sisters has asked me to stay on and host Speed Scraps weekly. I agreed! Yay!

In honor of Faith Sisters' second birthday, (they are having a birthday bash all month long), I will be hosting a Birthday Bash Speed Scrap TONIGHT at 8:30 p.m. EST and one again next Tuesday, August 18th.

I hope you'll join me tonight!

Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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Get Scrapped! Tonight at Faith Sisters

Yes! We are GETting Scrapped tonight! 9 p.m. EST, I hope you'll meet us in the forum, and maybe even the chatroom for some fun scrapping time!

Karma of eKreations by Kreative Karma has offered this as tonight's participation prize:



It coordinates with her My Twilight Series.

See you tonight!

Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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Get Scrapped!

Yay! Another GET Scrapped event at Faith Sisters! This one is in the afternoon...I hope you can join us! It will be Thursday, July 9th at 1:00 p.m. EST



Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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Speed Scrap Friday, July 3!

Come on over to the GET Scrapped board at Faith Sisters and join us for a speed scrap, Friday, July 3, 9 - 11 p.m. EST - We'd love to have you! (Please be sure to register in the forum and in the gallery before we begin.)

Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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July Speed Scrap Schedule at Faith Sisters

Well, we are just having SO much fun with these! So I've decided to go ahead a post for the entire month...that way you can put it on your calendar and plan for it! I know you'll be wanting to drop everything just to scrap with us! hehehe




Feel free to grab the flyer and post it everywhere you think someone might like to see it!

Please note...all times are EST unless otherwise noted.

Evenings, 9 - 11 p.m. (8-10 cst, 7-9 mst and 6-8 pst)
Friday, July 3rd
Monday, July 6th
Monday, July 20th
Friday, July 31st

AND

Afternoons 1 - 3 p.m. (12-2 cst, 11-1 mst and 10-12 pst)
Thursdays, July 9th and 23rd

I can't wait to see you all there!

Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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Speed Scrap Coming Up! Saturday, June 27th

You're invited to join us for a night of FUN! Come, GET Scrapped with MERCHi Makes It! Experience a different kind of speed scrapping...



Saturday, June 27th 9 p.m. EST (8 CST, 7 MST, 6 PST) I hope to see you then!

Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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Summer Sale! BIG Savings!

It's my Summer Sale! Save 25% off my entire Faith Sister's Store! Six days of super savings! Just in time for the speed scrap on Saturday! Don't miss it, 9 - 11 p.m. EST at Faith Sisters!

Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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Let's GET Scrapped!

Are you ready for some scrapping?!

Speed Scrap tonight at Faith Sisters! Woo-hoo! I hope you can make it...if you can, and you complete your layout on time, your will receive a wonderful gift from Lynn of The Mathematician's Assistant! She is offering you a sampler of this wonderful kit PLUS a coupon for 50% OFF the entire kit! How cool is that?

Here is her fabulous kit called Vintage Funk:


The kit is availabe in the Faith Sisters' store, but certainly come to the speed scrap tonight, have some FUN with us, and earn a coupon to get this fabulous kit at half price!

The new speed scrap/get scrapped forum is located here!


Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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Speed Scrap Coming Up! Monday, June 15th

Hello again, my friends!
It's time for another speed scrap! I know, I know we just had one yesterday...and we had SO much fun!!! This is the layout I created with my instructions:



I used my kit Forever in Bloom which was my week 1 entry for NDIDDS...OH! I think I forgot to share my news with you all! Though I didn't place in the top contenders for NDIDDS, the ladies at Designs in Digital liked me enough to offer me a spot in their store! My grand opening will be July 1st...so watch this space for a special treat for you all!

Monday night's participation prize will come from Album's to Remember Designs! Thank you, Barb! She has graciously agreed to give this wonderful alpha to all who participate, complete and post a layout in the allotted time frame!


Isn't that terrific? What a versatile alpha, I'm sure it can be used with any number of layout themes!

I hope you'll join us tomorrow night!

Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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Get Scrapped!

Join me tonight at Faith Sisters for a Speed Scrap! Yay! I'm so excited...can't wait to see you! I'll be watching for you 9 - 11 p.m. EST (8-10 CST, 7-9 MST, 6-8 PST)

Here's the participation prize:



This alpha coordinates perfectly with my By Gone Days kit here's a preview of the full kit and and a link to my store:


Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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Speed Scrap Coming Up! Saturday, May 30th

oooooops! I had the date wrong! It's really Saturday night, not Friday night! Silly me!

I'm sending you a shout out here! I'll be hosting (or hostessing) another Speed Scrap at Faith Sisters this Friday night.
We had a pretty good turn out for our first speed scrap during NDS, but I would love love love to see an even bigger turn out this time around!
I hope you can make it...Saturday night, May 30th 9-11 p.m. EST - which translates to 8-10 p.m. CST, 7-9 p.m. MST and 6-8 p.m. PST.

I'll be giving out this wonderful participation prize to all who come a finish a layout:



Just in case you have never ever done a Speed Scrap, here is how it works. At the top of the first hour, I'll give out one direction (for example, I might say choose 3 papers or pick 2 photos or something along those lines.) I give another set of directions every ten minutes until the top of the second hour, for a total of 7 directions. (Hint: the directions get easier as the scrap progresses, so don't freak out and think you can't do it! lol) You have a second hour finish all seven instructions and tweak your layout...see? no need to panic, you'll have plenty of time! Then there is about a 15 minute posting period. All layouts should be uploaded to the gallery; then just post the photo with a link back to the gallery and you "win!"

It's really, really fun! It's also very, very addicting! Once you've done one, and gotten used to the speed thing, you will be hooked!

I only have one rule: NO stressing allowed. LOL They are meant to be fun. You can interpret the directions any way you'd like, but it's important that you have fun doing it.

Can't wait to see you there!

Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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NEW kit ~ New Challenge

One of the wonderful things they do at Faith Sisters, is a challenge called "Creative Healing". It is meant to be a way to heal our many sorrows through crafting, in this case scrapbooking. Karla heads up this challenge each month, and as a designer, I had the opportunity to create a kit around her challenge.

Her challenge will be posted tomorrow, and so I'll only share a bit about it tonight...
She says..."I feel led to pick this month to remember those we have lost and to find the joy and comfort that God promises us.

Jeremiah 31:13 NIV
Then maidens will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow."

She also quotes Isaiah 61, Psalm 119:76, Isaiah 49:13, Jeremiah 8:18, Matthew 5:4, and 2 Corinthians 1:3-4; which all talk of the Lord's comfort.

The kit I created in called "Treasured Memories" and focuses on the memories we can treasure...here's a preview:



It's available in the Faith Sisters shop.

When I get a chance, I'll upload a freebie here for you...but while you're waiting for that, check out what the fantastic Creative Team at Faith Sisters did for me:

This one is by Melanie...


And this one is by Chris...


Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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Ready to get SCRAPPED? It's Speed Scrap Night!

A special Speed Scrap in honor of iNSD...please join me in the Faith Sisters forum for a fun couple hours! Seven directions, two hours and one totally fabulous layout!

Can't wait to see you there...I'll be looking for YOU!

Gosh! It might be helpful if I included the times, eh? Okay then...it's 9pm my time (EST) and 8, 7 and 6pm CST, MST, PST respectively.

If you've never done a speed scrap, this is how it works. At the beginning of the scrap, I will give one instruction...then every ten minutes for the first hour I will continue to do so. At the top of the second hour I will give the last instruction, and you will then have another hour to complete the layout. There is a special gallery at Faith Sisters for all of the Saturday challenges, so you'll just upload to that gallery and post your photo and a link to the gallery in the forum. Then we spend a few minutes leaving each other some LOVE! It's all good! It's really a very addicting activity! I LOVE speed scraps! I hope you'll join me.

OH! And if you do join me - I might just be giving away some freebies!

Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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$300 in Prizes!

And, yours truly is hosting a Speed Scrap (my very first!) on Saturday evening! This will be part of the fun hoo-rah at Faith Sisters, and will earn you points towards tht $100 grand prize!

I hope you'll join me...here's the skinny...

Saturday evening, 9-11 pm EST, 8-10 CST, 7-9 MST or 6-8 PST.

For the first hour, I will give directions for you to follow. One instruction every 10 minutes. Then, at the top of the second hour, you are on your own to complete your layout. Finally, you'll have a short bit of time to upload to a gallery specific to this challenge! It will be so much fun!

If you have never done a speed scrap before, you have to join me! We'll have a blast!


Blessings,
*Ü*
Karen
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"It's for the Birds" Blog Train freebie

Remember in that earlier post, when I said I had three blog trains coming up? Well, here is the first one...this is a Faith Sisters blog train. This is actually the May Collab, which will be in the store as a free with purchase option the whole month of May...BUT you can get it free by traveling the train to each blog and picking it up piece by fabulous piece!

Here's my part of the collab:



***sorry link expired***


I really enjoyed working with these colors, and I SO had fun with this great paper...you are gonna love it to! And, the wonderful thing about a blog train is that all the pieces work together and make one mega kit when you get them all! I hope you enjoy this one!

And since you've all been so good, I've got one more goody to show you:



Wow! Isn't that amazing! You certainly won't want to miss it...back to our regularly scheduled programming...lol

Here is a list of the stations on this train (stand back - this is HUGE!):

4 Shades of Blue
Adriana Hollenbeck
AEDesigns
Albums to Remember
AnaFlor
Audra's Little Scraps
Camie Designs
Chelly Scraps
Claudi Designs
Cre8tvlyYrs by Gina
Dielle Designs
Digiscrapalicious
Designs By Angel
Digital Compilations by Cinda
Digital Designs by Lisa
Dragonfly Beach Designs
Eva Lindqvist Designs
Eyelets Scraps Designs
Glayce Cavalcante
Julie Marie Designs
JZDesigns
Kreative Karma
Lifesong Kreations
MERCHi Makes It! <--- YOU ARE HERE
Meredith Cardall
Michelle Batton
Monique Drost
Robin
Sarah Morgan Designs
Scrap Quest
ScrapWarrior
Simply Susan
Sweet Tomato Designs
TMA Designs
Willro & co

LAST STOP! Faith Sisters


Blessings, *Ü* Karen Why not visit my store front?